SPORTING CALENDAR 2008
| JULY | AUGUST | SEPTEMBER | ||||||
| Date | Day | Event | Date | Day | Event | Date | Day | Event |
| 1 | Tue | 1 | Fri | 1 | Mon | |||
| 2 | Wed | 2 | Sat |
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Bromont, Canada, 2nd - 3rd Blind Cricket 1st International England v West Indies
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2 | Tue |
Athletics - IAAF Lausanne |
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| 3 | Thu |
Golf - European Open 3rd - 6th, The London Golf Club, Kent
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3 | Sun |
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix Blind Cricket 2nd International England v West Indies |
3 | Wed |
Cricket - NatWest One Day International Series, Swalec Stadium England v South Africa |
| 4 | Fri |
Boxing - British Heavyweight
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4 | Mon | 4 | Thu | ||
| 5 | Sat |
Cycling - 95th Tour de France 5th - 27th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 5th - 6th Mens Tennis Wheelchair Doubles, Wimbledon
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5 | Tue |
Blind Cricket - 3rd International England v West Indies |
5 | Fri |
UEFA U21 Championship, Qualifying England U21 v Portugal U21 Athletics - IAAF Brussels |
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6 |
Sun |
F1 British Grand Prix Silverstone
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6 |
Wed |
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6 |
Sat |
Paralympics Opens FIFA World Cup - European Qualifying Andorra v England
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| 7 | Mon |
Tennis - ATP Sweden Open 7th - 13th
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7 | Thu |
Bristol International Balloon Fiesta 7th - 10th npower Test Match Series England v South Africa at the Oval
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7 | Sun |
F1 Belgian Grand Prix BUPA Great Yorkshire Run Sheffield 10km Athletics IAAF Rieti, Italy |
| 8 | Tue | 8 | Fri |
Olympic Games Opens - Beijing, China
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8 | Mon | ||
| 9 | Wed | 9 |
Sat |
9 | Tue |
Athletics - IAAF Zagreb
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| 10 | Thu |
Cricket - npower Test Match Series England v South Africa at Lords
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10 |
Sun |
Olympic Tennis Beijing, China 10th - 17th |
10 | Wed |
FIFA World Cup European Qualifying Croatia v England |
| 11 | Fri |
Boxing - British Lightweight
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11 | Mon | 11 | Thu | ||
| 12 |
Sat |
12 | Tue | 12 | Fri | |||
| 13 |
Sun |
MotoGP Germany
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13 | Wed | 13 |
Sat |
6th IAAF World Athletics Final Stuttgart
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| 14 | Mon |
Tennis - ATP Austria Open 14th - 20th Netherlands Open 14th - 20th
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14 | Thu |
Golf - European Tour 14th - 17th Scandinavian Masters, Stockholm |
14 |
Sun |
F1 Italian Grand Prix MotoGP Indianapolis |
| 15 | Tue | 15 | Fri |
Olympic Track Cycling Games Beijing, China 15th - 19th
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15 | Mon |
Tennis ATP Mumbai Open 15th - 21st |
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| 16 | Wed | 16 |
Sat |
16 | Tue | |||
| 17 | Thu |
137th Open Golf Championship 17th - 20th Royal Birkdale
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17 |
Sun |
World Rally Championship Germany 15th -17th MotoGP Czech Republic |
17 | Wed |
Paralympics Closes |
| 18 | Fri |
Cricket - npower Test Match Series England v South Africa at Headingley Athletics IAAF Paris
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18 | Mon |
Cricket One Day International Series Scotland v England at Edinburgh |
18 | Thu | |
| 19 |
Sat |
19 | Tue | 19 | Fri |
Golf 37th Ryder Cup 19th - 21st Valhalla, Kentucky
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| 20 |
Sun |
F1 German Grand Prix MotoGP United States BUPA Great Capital Run 10km, Hyde Park, London
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20 | Wed |
Football - England v Czech Republic Cricket - NatWest International Twenty20 Match England v South Africa at Riverside |
20 |
Sat |
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| 21 | Mon | 21 | Thu | 21 |
Sun |
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| 22 | Tue |
Athletics IAAF Stockholm
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22 | Fri |
F1 European Grand Prix 22nd - 24th Cricket - NatWest One Day International Series England v South Africa at Headingley
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22 | Mon |
Tennis ATP China Open Beijing 22nd - 28th |
| 23 | Wed | 23 |
Sat |
23 | Tue | |||
| 24 | Thu | 24 |
Sun |
Olympic Games - Closes
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24 | Wed | ||
| 25 | Fri | 25 | Mon |
Tennis US Open 25th Aug - 7th Sept Flushing Meadow, New York
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25 | Thu | ||
| 26 |
Sat |
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Mont-Saint-Anne, Canada 26 - 27th
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26 | Tue |
Cricket - NatWest One Day International Series England v South Africa, Trent Bridge
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26 | Fri | |
| 27 |
Sun |
BUPA Great Wales Run 10km, Cardiff Bay
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27 | Wed | 27 |
Sat |
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| 28 | Mon | 28 | Thu |
World Rally Championship New Zealand 28th - 31st
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28 |
Sun |
F1 Singapore Grand Prix MotoGP Japan |
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| 29 | Tue |
Athletics IAAF Monaco
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29 | Fri |
Cricket - NatWest One Day International Series England v South Africa, The Brit Oval
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29 | Mon | |
| 30 | Wed |
Cricket - npower Test Match Series England v South Africa at Edgbaston
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30 |
Sat |
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Canberra, Australia 30th - 31st |
30 | Tue | |
| 31 | Thu |
World Rally Championship Finland 31st - 3rd August
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31 |
Sun |
Cricket - NatWest One Day International Series England v South Africa, Lords |
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